I O Ranch Processing, LLC

10/11/2026

We will be closed Monday, 10/12/26. If you have an order that is ready to pick up, you should’ve already gotten a call or a voicemail to not come on Monday. If you have cattle scheduled for harvest on Tuesday and want to drop it off Monday afternoon, we will be there receiving cattle between 1-4 pm. Thank you!

10/03/2026

Pizza with I O Ranch Beef Bologna. You can now get bologna made from your beef or pork under USDA inspection, meaning you can sell it anywhere in the US. No mystery meat! We also have it for sale in the lobby made from I O Ranch beef.

10/02/2026

Bone marrow, baguette, and a little I O tenderloin filet. Some of the things we cook for dinner when we don’t feel like cooking dinner.

09/25/2026

We are expanding. New freezer going well! We haven’t had much construction fun since we built this place. Several of the guys that helped build this place stayed on and learned to become excellent butchers. They are still here and are handier than pockets on a shirt!

08/25/2026

We just dropped off a couple of coolers of beef snack sticks and summer sausage at the Help Tent at the WinStop parking lot for anyone who would like some.

08/24/2026

08/16/2026

Ribeye and Caesar Salad, with focaccia crotons. Ribeye was overcooked but still good!

08/12/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this but most of our customers are selling beef faster than they can grow it. Locally grown meat is more popular than ever. With the growing population in Central Texas, it will continue to do so. Everyone needs to be growing more!

07/30/2026

This our partner Paul. His main responsibility is HACCP, USDA compliance, and quality control. Its a tiring job. So tiring that he fell asleep while doing his end of day paper work on Monday. We just took his picture, turned out the lights, closed his office door, and we went home. Oh...and did the obligatory photo shop. 🤣 He was not still in there when I got here at 6:30 the next morning.

07/26/2026

WW B-Dahl grass doing well. We planted this field early spring and it came up after after getting 1.5” of rain the 3rd week of May. Then we missed all of those rains in June that many others got. Thankfully many of customers got those rains, which is more important in the big picture. We only got .75” in June. I actually did not look at this field for two weeks because it looked like it was going to die. Two weeks ago, we took a peek and surprisingly, it was about 4” tall and a pale green, stressed but not dead. 4 days later we got 3.25”, and another 1” the next day. What a blessing! Not only did that save it, it put some moisture deep underneath and it took off. Nobody likes wasting money or time, but the bigger thing to me is losing a whole year. Thankfully, we dodged that. 🙏